sacrificar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificō, sacrificāre.

Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular indicative present sacrifico, past participle sacrificáu)

1. to sacrifice

Conjugation

Conjugation of sacrificar

infinitive		sacrificar
gerund		sacrificando
past participle		m sacrificáu, f sacrificada, n sacrificao, m pl sacrificaos, f pl sacrificaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	sacrifico	sacrifiques	sacrifica	sacrificamos	sacrificáis	sacrifiquen
	imperfect	sacrificaba	sacrificabes	sacrificaba	sacrificábemos, sacrificábamos	sacrificabeis, sacrificabais	sacrificaben
	preterite	sacrifiqué	sacrificasti, sacrifiquesti	sacrificó	sacrifiquemos	sacrificastis, sacrifiquestis	sacrificaron
	pluperfect	sacrificare, sacrificara	sacrificares, sacrificaras	sacrificare, sacrificara	sacrificáremos, sacrificáramos	sacrificareis, sacrificarais	sacrificaren, sacrificaran
	future	sacrificaré	sacrificarás	sacrificará	sacrificaremos	sacrificaréis	sacrificarán
	conditional	sacrificaría	sacrificaríes	sacrificaría	sacrificaríemos, sacrificaríamos	sacrificaríeis, sacrificaríais	sacrificaríen
subjunctive	present	sacrifique	sacrifiques, sacrificas	sacrifique	sacrifiquemos	sacrifiquéis	sacrifiquen, sacrifican
	imperfect	sacrificare, sacrificara	sacrificares, sacrificaras	sacrificare, sacrificara	sacrificáremos, sacrificáramos	sacrificareis, sacrificarais	sacrificaren, sacrificaran
imperative		—	sacrifica	—	—	sacrificái	—

Related terms

• sacrificiu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.kɾi.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sa.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiquí, past participle sacrificat)

1. to sacrifice

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sacrificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			sacrificar
gerund			sacrificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sacrificat		sacrificada
		plural		sacrificats		sacrificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sacrifico	sacrifiques	sacrifica	sacrifiquem	sacrifiqueu	sacrifiquen
	imperfect	sacrificava	sacrificaves	sacrificava	sacrificàvem	sacrificàveu	sacrificaven
	future	sacrificaré	sacrificaràs	sacrificarà	sacrificarem	sacrificareu	sacrificaran
	preterite	sacrifiquí	sacrificares	sacrificà	sacrificàrem	sacrificàreu	sacrificaren
	conditional	sacrificaria	sacrificaries	sacrificaria	sacrificaríem	sacrificaríeu	sacrificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sacrifiqui	sacrifiquis	sacrifiqui	sacrifiquem	sacrifiqueu	sacrifiquin
	imperfect	sacrifiqués	sacrifiquessis	sacrifiqués	sacrifiquéssim	sacrifiquéssiu	sacrifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sacrifica	sacrifiqui	sacrifiquem	sacrifiqueu	sacrifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no sacrifiquis	no sacrifiqui	no sacrifiquem	no sacrifiqueu	no sacrifiquin

Related terms

• sacrifici
• sacrificial

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sacrificāre. By surface analysis, sacro +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sa‧cri‧fi‧car

Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiquei, past participle sacrificado)

1. to sacrifice
   1. (transitive, religion) to offer (the life of an animal or human) as tribute to a deity; to immolate

      Em grandes festivais o número de bovinos sacrificados poderia chegar a centenas, e o número de participantes dos festejos ser de milhares.

      At large festivals the number of cattle sacrificed could run into the hundreds, and the numbers feasting on them well into the thousands.

      Synonym: imolar

   2. (transitive, figuratively) to intentionally give up (something or someone), often for a greater benefit

      Sacrifiquei meu descanso de fim de semana para ganhar mais dinheiro.

      I sacrificed my weekend rest in order to earn more money.

      Synonyms: abrir mão, desistir

   3. (reflexive) to die or allow oneself to die for a perceived greater cause

      Sacrificou-se pela pátria.

      He sacrificed himself for the fatherland.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to euthanize (an animal)

   Como não há maneiras de salvar este gato, teremos que sacrificá-lo.

   Since there is no way to save this cat, we will have to euthanize it.

   Synonym: eutanasiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sacrificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sacrificar
Personal	sacrificar	sacrificares	sacrificar	sacrificarmos	sacrificardes	sacrificarem
Gerund
	sacrificando
Past participle
Masculine	sacrificado			sacrificados
Feminine	sacrificada			sacrificadas
Indicative
Present	sacrifico	sacrificas	sacrifica	sacrificamos	sacrificais	sacrificam
Imperfect	sacrificava	sacrificavas	sacrificava	sacrificávamos	sacrificáveis	sacrificavam
Preterite	sacrifiquei	sacrificaste	sacrificou	sacrificamos1, sacrificámos2	sacrificastes	sacrificaram
Pluperfect	sacrificara	sacrificaras	sacrificara	sacrificáramos	sacrificáreis	sacrificaram
Future	sacrificarei	sacrificarás	sacrificará	sacrificaremos	sacrificareis	sacrificarão
Conditional	sacrificaria	sacrificarias	sacrificaria	sacrificaríamos	sacrificaríeis	sacrificariam
Subjunctive
Present	sacrifique	sacrifiques	sacrifique	sacrifiquemos	sacrifiqueis	sacrifiquem
Imperfect	sacrificasse	sacrificasses	sacrificasse	sacrificássemos	sacrificásseis	sacrificassem
Future	sacrificar	sacrificares	sacrificar	sacrificarmos	sacrificardes	sacrificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sacrifica	sacrifique	sacrifiquemos	sacrificai	sacrifiquem
Negative (não)		não sacrifiques	não sacrifique	não sacrifiquemos	não sacrifiqueis	não sacrifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• sacrifício
• sacro
• sagrado

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sakɾifiˈkaɾ/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧cri‧fi‧car

Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiqué, past participle sacrificado)

1. (transitive) to sacrifice
2. (transitive) to put down, euthanize (an animal)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sacrificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sacrificar
gerund			sacrificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sacrificado		sacrificada
		plural		sacrificados		sacrificadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sacrifico	sacrificastú sacrificásvos	sacrifica	sacrificamos	sacrificáis	sacrifican
	imperfect	sacrificaba	sacrificabas	sacrificaba	sacrificábamos	sacrificabais	sacrificaban
	preterite	sacrifiqué	sacrificaste	sacrificó	sacrificamos	sacrificasteis	sacrificaron
	future	sacrificaré	sacrificarás	sacrificará	sacrificaremos	sacrificaréis	sacrificarán
	conditional	sacrificaría	sacrificarías	sacrificaría	sacrificaríamos	sacrificaríais	sacrificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sacrifique	sacrifiquestú sacrifiquésvos2	sacrifique	sacrifiquemos	sacrifiquéis	sacrifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	sacrificara	sacrificaras	sacrificara	sacrificáramos	sacrificarais	sacrificaran
	imperfect (se)	sacrificase	sacrificases	sacrificase	sacrificásemos	sacrificaseis	sacrificasen
	future1	sacrificare	sacrificares	sacrificare	sacrificáremos	sacrificareis	sacrificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sacrificatú sacrificávos	sacrifique	sacrifiquemos	sacrificad	sacrifiquen
	negative		no sacrifiques	no sacrifique	no sacrifiquemos	no sacrifiquéis	no sacrifiquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sacrificar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sacrificar
	dative	sacrificarme	sacrificarte	sacrificarle, sacrificarse	sacrificarnos	sacrificaros	sacrificarles, sacrificarse
	accusative	sacrificarme	sacrificarte	sacrificarlo, sacrificarla, sacrificarse	sacrificarnos	sacrificaros	sacrificarlos, sacrificarlas, sacrificarse
with gerund sacrificando
	dative	sacrificándome	sacrificándote	sacrificándole, sacrificándose	sacrificándonos	sacrificándoos	sacrificándoles, sacrificándose
	accusative	sacrificándome	sacrificándote	sacrificándolo, sacrificándola, sacrificándose	sacrificándonos	sacrificándoos	sacrificándolos, sacrificándolas, sacrificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sacrifica
	dative	sacrifícame	sacrifícate	sacrifícale	sacrifícanos	not used	sacrifícales
	accusative	sacrifícame	sacrifícate	sacrifícalo, sacrifícala	sacrifícanos	not used	sacrifícalos, sacrifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sacrificá
	dative	sacrificame	sacrificate	sacrificale	sacrificanos	not used	sacrificales
	accusative	sacrificame	sacrificate	sacrificalo, sacrificala	sacrificanos	not used	sacrificalos, sacrificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sacrifique
	dative	sacrifíqueme	not used	sacrifíquele, sacrifíquese	sacrifíquenos	not used	sacrifíqueles
	accusative	sacrifíqueme	not used	sacrifíquelo, sacrifíquela, sacrifíquese	sacrifíquenos	not used	sacrifíquelos, sacrifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative sacrifiquemos
	dative	not used	sacrifiquémoste	sacrifiquémosle	sacrifiquémonos	sacrifiquémoos	sacrifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	sacrifiquémoste	sacrifiquémoslo, sacrifiquémosla	sacrifiquémonos	sacrifiquémoos	sacrifiquémoslos, sacrifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sacrificad
	dative	sacrificadme	not used	sacrificadle	sacrificadnos	sacrificaos	sacrificadles
	accusative	sacrificadme	not used	sacrificadlo, sacrificadla	sacrificadnos	sacrificaos	sacrificadlos, sacrificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sacrifiquen
	dative	sacrifíquenme	not used	sacrifíquenle	sacrifíquennos	not used	sacrifíquenles, sacrifíquense
	accusative	sacrifíquenme	not used	sacrifíquenlo, sacrifíquenla	sacrifíquennos	not used	sacrifíquenlos, sacrifíquenlas, sacrifíquense

Related terms

• sacrificador
• sacrificatorio
• sacrificio
• sacro

 

Further reading

• “sacrificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28